Hair curler



W. H. PRITCHETT El' AL HAIR CURLER Filed Nay 2l, 1925 aktoznup..

v To all whom t may concern:

Patentedv Oct. 6, 1925.

UNITED;

l. wmitiiuu H."` Pmzbcnrarrr AND citer aicimisriAivsENjoFsuivpmeo;' CALIORNIA.

= i me f Appiiationeled'May-21, 1925. serial No'. 31,874;

vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to 'which it appertains to make-and use the same. v

The. present invention relates tok hair;

curlers, and` has for `anobject to provide a device of this character which is more elficient in operation and may beimo're -eco nomically manufactured and more effective in use than structures heretofore inventedV andus'ed. -Y e' In hair -curlers 'of this type considerable diiiicultyl has been met withv owing to the fact that the hingedparts are not capable of being swung outwardly from the. body of the device into a straight line therewith,l and out ofthe way; with the'resultthatit re quires a certain amount of skilltohandle the prior hair curlers. A part-of suchstructures have heretofore been made'` in' one piece ofspring metal, which does not overcome i ends of a cluster of'hairs-and theother may;

' provide a device which'may have a'one pieceA which may be madeoffsteelwire and ,simi-iy this difliculty, but-which rather enhances it,` because the 1 spring membersicanniot `be swung out 'of the .wayto permit of the' free rolling of thevcurler in. close contactv with the-hair. v ''An object of the present invention is "to provide a hair curler, whichhas two hinged' oryclam'ping parts arranged: in different `re-v lations with respect to the body of the curler, so that the device maybe clamped ixedly, and fromslipping upon the outer or .freebe employed'for clamping the device closely:

adjacentthe scalp after the device has been' rolled tightly within the rollof` hairs-'l' Another feature oftheinvention -is sitov body part capable ofbeing stampedy or'mold-v edffrom sheet or strip material and provid-v ing the necessary vhinge joints and guards ;or hooks, Aand a pair of 4clamping-members larly constructed7 so as to facilitate manufacture and reduce the costth'ereofl and Varrange for easy assemblage.

With the foregoing and other objects in viewfthe invention will bemore fully describedhereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out `in the claimszappend-f edhereto. Y f f In the; drawings,` wherein like symbols refersto like or corresponding parts' throughout the-fseveralviews, Figure-lis a perspective viewvof a Ahair curler constructed `according .toy the present invention and showinggtheclamping members in partly open'position. I ,i

igure 2 .'s a side edge elevation ofthe a saine showing the unequalspacing Aofthe hooks or guards `from thebody plate, 'and .Figure 3 is. a detailperspective view of oneofthe clamping members employed. l.

Referring more *particularly to the draW-.

ing, 105 designates a bodyl plate or. strip which may be vmade yof any suitable material; such as balrelitev or other non-brittle and noni-nflammable substance capable of beingfbent yand shaped to" thedesired form4 and of in'- lierently holding suchshape after construe tion; 1 The body stri-p10 is vof suitable length for practical purposes and is-rolled over upon .itselfin oppositedireetions to provide hinge eyes 11 and 12 arranged at -opposite ends ofthe body stripflO andl also atthe'opposite sides thereof.y The Y extremities of the strip are: extended vfrom the hinge'eyes 1l and.' 12- outwardly at afsli'ght angle. to, thev adjacent surfaceof the body strip to provide f hooks -13 and '14 which preferably taper at their'points or bills 15, so lthat such points or bills lie centrallyl between theflateral edges of the body strip"l0.w The hook 18 exe tends outwardly at' a lesser angle than does th-eihook -14,so as to disposezthe bill lof thehook ljcloserv'to the-.body strip'than the-opposite hook. i y i f f Thehair curler vis provided with a pair ofclamping members 16 and l7which are pref,- erably .ofafresilient nature and which, as shownparticularlyin Figure 3, maybe constructed "of ste-elfwire yor the like. Each clamping member comprises a length of steel wiregwhich isy bent .upon itself at an acute angle-.to provide'a point 18 and which'has its armszor sides diverging toward the inner endl ofrthe clamping member and 4bent down:

permit of ythe "snappingofthe pins 2Q Intoi 12 and to dispose 'theb'ody .part o' the clamping member in suitably from,l the adjacent face of the bodyfstrip 1o. The 'camping k1iwinters 16 'and '17 are disposed at opposite sides or the body strip 10, so that the clamping member 17 may engage beneath the hook 13, w-hiie `the clamping member 16 may engage at its free end beneath the hook 14. The pointed bills 15 of the hooks are adapted to overiie the bights of the points 18 or the clamping members, and the bills 15 are bent inwardly at a slight angle, lso as to engage inthe bights for holding the clamping members from lateral displacement eic'ept when sufficient pressure is exerted thereon tor freeing the clam-ping members.

The clamping members possess ysuiiicient resiliency to permit or the same being coinpre'sse'd to lfree the points 18 Afrom the bills 15 of the hooks fand at the same time to permit sufficient lateral deiiection to escape the bills 15 as theclamping 'members are swung outwardly into open position.

In the use of the device the body strip 10 is iirst placed beneath a cluster of hairs near their tree ends and the clamping member 17 is then swung into position across the strip or 4piate 10 and is' forced beneath the relatively close-d hook 13 so as to. bind th'e lhair curler upon the -ends or the hairs. The body strip 10 Y and thfel clamping member 17 are both relatively dat and con.- tinuous and present smooth uninterrupted surfaces throughout their lengths so that the hairs `are uniformly clamped throughout the length or the curler. The clamping member 517 may be swung out into substanti'ally the plane or the body strip 105 so as to present a free and uninterrupted Surface to the body strip as the latter is placed be` n'eath the cluster' of hairs, and so that the clamping member 17 in'ay be swung over into position without disturbi-ng the position 'of the strip 10; This is important in properly locating the hair curler and if it is clamped obliquely across the hairs it nat: urally can'n'ot be rolled properly and will not be eiiicient iii carrying out its purpose;

hen th'e device is thus clamped upon the ends `of the hairs, the other clamping member 16 is swung outwardiy into a straight line position with respect to the strip 103 so that the entire device may be rolled in the cluster of hairs, tightly binding the latter about the haii' vcurler until the device is brought adjacent to the scalp and into such position that the clamping. member 16 may be swung freeiy over the rolled hairs and brought beneath the hook 141. yThe hoolr 14 is spaced awafy ,from its adjacent side of `the body strip 10 suiiicient= ly to accommodate the th'ie'lened roll of hairs and so as to evenly bind the smooth spaced ,relation and continuously flat clamping member 16 offer the curl foiined;

Itis obvious that various changes and modifications may bel madeV in the details specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, suchA changes and modications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

l. lA hair curler -comprising a body strip rolled over in opposite directions at opposite yends and against, its opposite faces to provide hinge eyes, the extremities of the strip being bent outwardly from the hing eyes to provide hooks at 'opposite sides and at opposite ends 'or the body strip, clamping members arranged atv opposite sides 'ci the body strip and hingedly mount'- ed in said hinge eyes, said clamping members being adapted vfor engagement vbeneath said hooks to lie .Hat and in closely adjace'nt relation to the opposite side's or the body strip. i l

2; yA hair curler comprising la body strip having its 'opposite ends.. rolled lover upon its opposite sides to provide oppositely offset hinge eyes at the opposit'e ends or' the strip, the extremities of said strip bei-'ng bent outwardly atan angle to the body strip and provided with tapering points bent inwardly and extendingr toward th'e adjacent opposite faces of the body strip 'tio form hooks; one 'of said` hooks having its" bill.

spaced a greater distance from 'the body strip than the `opposite hook, a pair of re.- silient clamping members mounted in sai'd hinge eyes a'nd extending along :the lopposite sides or said body strip, 'each orsaid clamping members having a taperedpoint adapted to engage beneath and resliently interlock with the bill of the adjacenth'ook.

3; A; hair curler comprising abody strip bent at its ends and overturned upon the opposite 'sides of the strip toy provide oppositely offset hinge eyes and hooks', a pair of spring wire clamping members disposedV at opposite sides of the body strip and each comprising a length or wire bent 'at an acute angle intermediate its ends to form a point with a bight therein; and having its inner ends bent laterally in one direction to p'rovide spacing arms and with its ext-remities turned inwardly toward each. other from said arms for engagement in the opposite ends of one of the hinge eyes to pivotally support the clamping member on the body strip, said point or theclamping membor being. adapted for binding. engage-ment beneath the djacenthook and with the bill of the hook interlocking in said bight.-

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